or rather why dost not thou swallow up both the lover and his mistress?”
I had scarcely uttered these words, when the queen, who sat by the black, rose up like a fury. “Miscreant!” said she “thou art the cause of my grief; do not think I am ignorant of this, I have dissembled too long. It was thy barbarous hand that brought the objets of my fondness into this lamentable condition; and thou hast the cruelty to come and insult a despairing lover.” “Yes,”
or rather why dost not thou swallow up both the lover and his mistress?”
I had scarcely uttered these words, when the queen, who sat by the black, rose up like a fury. “Miscreant!” said she “thou art the cause of my grief; do not think I am ignorant of this, I have dissembled too long. It was thy barbarous hand that brought the objets of my fondness into this lamentable condition; and thou hast the cruelty to come and insult a despairing lover.” “Yes,”